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By Kate, 28 September 2008

“Oh, and by the way. You are in charge of getting Mr. Nader lunch. He likes Lebanese food and fruit juice.” This is what we were told two hours before the Nader rally at UCSD that we were in charge of getting peeps in San Diego out to. When we got the call, we were in the middle of silkscreening our custom, “SD heart Nader” shirts. Neil went on an emergency mission for some Tabbouleh and Pita & Hummus, which was successful & well received by the Nader crew.

As you can see below by the standing ovation for Nader, there was a most excellent, to quote Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, turnout at the rally. More than 1/2 of the crowd were hearing Nader speak for the first time.

Nader was well recieved, Matt Gonzalez also spoke and people had fabulous questions. But, let’s face it… the shirts were the real highlight of the day. I gave a shirt to Mr. Nader while he was doing a book signing. Unfortunate timing because, he thought I wanted him to sign it & signed the ill fated gift. Luckily Nader’s “handler” caught it & said he’d give it to him later. Now Nader has the ultimate self-aggrandizing shirt. An “I heart myself” shirt with his own signature. Again, most excellent.

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By Kate, 20 September 2008

Yesterday Neil & I went knocking to get people out to see Ralph Nader at his upcoming rally in San Diego next Saturday. We went with (the) two other Nader supporters in San Diego. One was our new friend Dennis. He is the head of the gay bowling league in San Diego, among other things. He is really fearless. He showed us the ropes & hit the streets.

While the experience was intimidating, it made me take a deep breath & remember that most people are just really nice people. They just want to have nice lives, nice kids, nice neighbors. They don’t hate. They are just nice. Even the Obama peeps were really nice & took our fliers etc. We also had some people that were really enthusiastic about Nader & it was great to get out the information to them.

I found an article that explains all the frustration I feel about the two party system. Please read it:

“…Yet most folks, it seems, have confused the occasional weekend parade, I mean, protest with a full-blown movement.

Here’s a news flash: Anti-Bush bumper stickers and a heartfelt commitment to recycled toilet paper don’t constitute a movement. Neither do candlelight vigils, vegan diets, petitions, voting drives, letters to Congress, monthly donations to Greenpeace, yellow ribbons, red ribbons, pink ribbons, or becoming the change you wish to see in the world.

All you need is love? Yeah…that and a million dollars a minute.

This is not meant to denigrate or mock but rather to point out that there is a huge difference between having a sincere minority of Americans partaking in such gestures and having a tangible, functional, effective movement capable of inciting, inspiring, demanding social change. The rest of the world knows this…why don’t we?”

Please find the rest of this article at Dissident Voice. It’s everything I want to say to everyone about the election and the state of our nation. Lucky for me, someone else wrote it all out.

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By Kate, 12 September 2008

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPbJY2rs0QI[/youtube]

This is my friend Ashley talking about why she is voting for Nader. She is brilliant & thoughtful (no those are not necessarily synonymous).

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By Kate, 9 September 2008

Yep. Neil and I are now the official San Diego Volunteer Coordinators for the Nader campaign.

That’s what I get for asking for some bumper stickers!

Nader may be coming to San Diego soon, so they really needed some help. I figure, hey, I’ve got nothing else going on right?

This is Neil and I just wanted to update the post with this card I found in my car window after work. Someone had seen our “Nader 2008″ bumper sticker on our car and had written “Go Greens” on this card and put it into my window.